He ignored me on texts and Instagram. When would enough be enough?
At 5:11pm on a Friday, my phone buzzed with a text from Matt. I was deep in work for my…
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Photos that reimagine what K-town beauty pageants were like in Los Angeles
Since the beginning of 2022, photographer Emanuel Hahn has been working on his series “American fever,” in which she recreates…
Puppy Pipeline: How the LA Times Reported the Story
To report this story, The Times submitted public records requests to all 50 states for dog export records, to all…
Feeling Anxious About Climate Change? Here Are 16 Books That Might Help
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about climate anxiety, and about the feelings of helplessness that have been simmering in…
“A disgrace.” “He hates her.” Quotes from the debate between Harris and Trump
Yes, they talked politics. Sort of. But former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris also had plenty to say…
UC Berkeley launches Arab-Palestinian studies programs amid lawsuit
UC Berkeley will launch a new program and chair in Palestinian and Arab Studies, one of only a few in…
Mariana Enríquez offers us more deliciously twisted stories
Book review A sunny place for gloomy people By Mariana Enriquez. Translated by Megan McDowellHogarth: 272 pages, $26If you purchase…
Fridgescaping is another sign that social media has taken us for a ride
Does it sometimes seem like social media has turned American popular culture into a perfectionist parody of itself? Last week,…
Opinion: When I spoke about my abortion before Roe, other women told stories
In the summer of 1965, the first gynecologist I went to for a diaphragm refused me one. He had every…
What the national media gets wrong about 'red states' and the working class
Book review Bone of the bone By Sarah SmarshScribner: 352 pages, $29.99If you purchase books linked on our site, The…